Megan POV

For a moment, I’m frozen in fear, and the creature moves closer to me, its face inches from mine. That’s the moment I choose to let out a blood-curdling screen.

My right-hand transforms, and I slash at the creature’s face.

It howls in agony, and I scramble off the bed onto the floor and rush past it, shifting in midair. The creature is on my heels, and when I look over my shoulder, I see it’s chasing me. Its left eye is injured and bleeding.

The size of it strikes terror in my heart.

It’s huge! Its functioning eye is a terrifying red, and it has black fur,...